Ministerial Constituencies (Government Grants)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give as much detailed information as may be available showing the amounts of Government grants that have been given for particular reasons to those areas, districts, councils, or public and private authorities in, or in the vicinity of, parliamentary constituencies represented by hon. Members who are Ministers.

I would refer my hon. Friend to two publications by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, "Housing Statistics" and "Financial, General and Rating Statistics", which provide details on the range of Government grants paid to individual local authorities.